If You Give Al Pacino an Oscar for The Godfather: Part II, Russell Crowe Probably Gets Two Oscars. It’s Just Math
On this week’s Little Gold Men podcast, we talk about all the what-ifs and ramifications from changing Oscar history.
So say you can change Oscar history—hand a statue to that favorite actor who always deserved a win, or fix a victory that really didn’t deserve to happen. Have you ever considered what happens next, though? As we talk about all the time on Little Gold Men, Oscars are about narratives, and the ramifications of the awards extend throughout entire careers. If Julia Roberts wins the Oscar for Pretty Woman, say, does she also win for Erin Brockovich? And if not, who does?
On this week’s episode of Little Gold Men, special guest Joe Reid (of Decider.com) joins Katey Rich and Richard Lawson to talk through some of those hypotheticals, which are exactly the kind of games that Oscar nerds play during the quiet summer movie season. From there we also dive into one of the Academy’s notorious blind spots: comedy. The Nice Guys, for example, has some of the best reviews of any studio film released this year, but it has zero Oscar buzz; why?
